Biography
Raw-boned blonde leading man Doug McClure came to films in 1957, but it was television that made him a star. He played secondary roles on such MCA series as The Overland Trail (1960) and
Checkmate (1961-62) before striking paydirt as Trampas on the long-running (1962-71) western series
The Virginian. During his first flush of stardom, McClure played leads in two Universal remakes,
Beau Geste (1966) and
The King's Pirate (the 1967 remake of
Errol Flynn's
Against All Flags). He also dashed through a trio of British-filmed Edgar Rice Burroughs derivations,
The Land That Time Forgot (1974),
At the Earth's Core (1976) and
The People That Time Forgot (1977). He perpetuated his athletic, devil-may-care image into his brief 1975 TVer,
Search (1975). In the late 1980s, Doug McClure reemerged as an agreeable comic actor, playing an Eastwoodish movie-star-cum-small-town-mayor in the syndicated sitcom
Out of This World (1987-88). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide